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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nice or Savannah?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Nice for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’s own page.

Choose Savannah for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Nice 75, Savannah 55: Nice leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Savannah 58: Nice leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Savannah 48: Nice leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Savannah 60: Nice leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Savannah 50: Nice leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Savannah 58: Nice leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Savannah 42: Nice leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Nice and Savannah are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Savannah 40: Nice leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice and Savannah are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Savannah.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceSavannah
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceSavannah
City population357,737147,780
People per km²4,975524
Museums within 10 km1719
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.